DABISTÁN, 17th century Persian
treatise, v, 28
Cypress of Kishmar, account
of, in, v, 28
Dád, Íránian warrior, vii, 86
Dádáfríd, melody, viii, 398 and
note
Daévas. See Dív.
Daghwí, desert in Turkistán, ii,
193; iv, 117
Dahae i.e., “foes” or “robbers,”
a name given by the Írán-
ians to the nomad tribes
dwelling east of the Casp-
ian and north of the
Atrak in the region now
occupied by the Yamut
Turkmans, i, 19; iii,
10
Daháka (Azhi, Azi, Zahhák
q.v.), evil spirit, i, 7, 142,
172
Dahistán, stead or home of the
Dahae q.v. and town
between Harát and Marv,
i, 280, 344 seq., 349, 363,
iv, 61, 72, 79, 148, 157;
ix, 95
Naudar beleaguered in, by
Afrásiyáb, i, 353
Dai, genius, i, 88, 89; iii, 287,
328
month or day, i, 88, 89; v,
43; vi, 306; viii, 173,
421; ix, 17
pa Mihr, day, i, 88; v,
16
Dái Marj, place where Bahrám
Gúr is said to have been
drowned, vii, 6
Dáitya, river, v, 13
Daizan (Táír q.v.), vi, 322
legend of, vi, 322
daughter of, legend of, vi,
323
Dakhma, “Tower of Silence,” i,
81 and note
Dakíkí, Persian poet, 139, 154,
155, ii, 3 note, 8; v,
10, 13; vi, 196; viii,
190
account of, i, 28, 67, 69,
109; v, 20
Firdausí and, v, 21 seq.,
30, 87, 88
work of, compared with the
Yátkár-i-Zarírán, v, 24
seq.
Dámaghán, city on the road from
Tihrán to Nishápúr and
the capital of the province
of Kúmis, ii, 15; iv, 255;
viii, 109, 189
Dáman-i-Kuh, the northern
“mountain-skirt” of mod-
ern Persia, iii, 15
Damascus, chief city in Syria,
vi, 195
Nicolaus of, Greek his-
torian, temp. Augustus,
vi, 195
Damáwand, volcano nearly
20,000 feet high and the
culminating peak of the
mountain-range south of
the Caspian, i, 143, 144,
148; vi, 202; viii, 391
Zahhák fettered on, i, 169,
173
Arish's arrow-shot from, v,
12
Dambar, city in Kábulistán (?)
which was regarded as
Indian, i, 252, 256; iv,
278, 283, 284; vii, 396,
399, 421
Dámdád, Nask, i, 70 note
Damúr, Túránian hero, ii, 296,
319; iv, 156
overthrown by Siyáwush,
ii, 295
advocates execution of Siyá-
wush, ii, 317
Danbar. See Dambar.
Dandamis. See Mandanes.
Dáng, coin, ix, 94 and note
Dánishwar, the dihkán, sup-
posed compiler of the
Bástán-náma, temp. Yaz-
dagird III, i, 67, 68
Danube, river, v, 11
Darius' expedition to, v, 11.
Dárá, son of Dáráb, Sháh (Darius
Codomanus q.v.) 158, i,
42; ii, 3, 9; v, 281; vi,
83 seq., 112, 113, 123,
124, 132, 137, 170, 172,
188, 325, 353; viii, 220,
242, 387
first historic Sháh in the
Sháhnáma, i, 49
origin of name, v, 297 note
legendary son of Dáráb, vi,
17, 27
appointed by Dáráb to
succeed him, vi, 27
Reign of, 158, vi, 29 seq.
Note on, vi, 29 seq.
historical account of, vi, 29
movements of, after his
final defeat by Alex-
ander (Sikandar), vi, 31
Sikandar's correspondence
with the wife and daugh-
ter of, vi, 33
accession of, vi, 34
letter of, to the kings, vi,
34
pays his troops, vi, 35
ambassadors come to, vi, 35
demands tribute from
Sikandar, vi, 36
Dárá, marches against Sikandar,
vi, 37
Sikandar's visit to the camp
of, vi, 38
invites Sikandar to a ban-
quet, vi, 40
ambassador of, recognises
Sikandar, vi, 40
sends horsemen in pursuit
of Sikandar vi, 41
defeated by Sikandar, vi, 43
collects another army, vi,
43
defeat of vi, 44
goes to Chahram vi, 44
Istakhr vi, 44
takes counsel with his chiefs
vi, 45
collects a new host vi, 46
marches from Istakhr, vi, 46
defeat of, vi, 46
withdraws to Kirmán, vi,
46
bewails himself, vi, 47
letter of, to Sikandar, vi, 49
Fúr, vi, 50
marches against Sikandar,
vi, 51
abandoned by his troops
and flees, vi, 51
murdered by his ministers,
vi, 52
murderers of, arrested by
Sikandar, vi, 53
dying interview of, with
Sikandar, vi, 53
vengeance promised to, by
Sikandar, vi, 53
tells his last wishes to
Sikandar, vi, 54
bestows Rúshanak upon
Sikandar, vi, 55, 86
dies, vi, 55
burial of, vi, 56
Sásán, son of, vi, 211
kindred of, support Ard-
shír Pápakán, vi, 223
Dárá (Daras), city, viii, 41, 194
taken by Núshírwán, viii, 41
ceded by Khusrau Parwíz,
viii, 188
Dárá Panáh, viii, 189, 284
goes disguised to Khusrau
Parwíz' camp, viii, 286
betrays Bahrám Chúbína,
viii, 286
returns to Bahrám Chúbína,
with forged letter, viii, 287
Dáráb, Sháh, son of Bahman
and Humái, 158, i, 42;
ii, 3, 9; v, 281, 292, 297
seq.; vi, 11, 34 and note,
49, 83, 84, 86, 132, 137,
172, 188; vii, 215; viii,
191
foundling legend of, ii, 11;
v, 293 seq.
Tabarí's version of, v,
297 note
birth of, v, 294
referred to, v, 294 seq.
exposed on the Farát, v,
295
found and adopted by a
launderer, v, 296 seq.
royal birth of, asserts itself,
v, 298
youthful escapades of, v, 298
brought up as a cavalier, v,
299
feels lack of natural affec-
tion for the launderer, v,
300
hears of his case from the
launderer's wife, v, 300
enlists, v, 301
seen by Humái, v, 302
and the adventure of the
ruined vault, v, 303
receives gifts from Rashna-
wád, v, 304
questioned by Rashnawád,
v, 304
prowess of, against the
Rúmans, v, 305, 306
praised and rewarded by
Rashnawád, v, 305, 306
captures the Cross, v, 306
and note
takes of the spoil one spear,
v, 307
returns to Írán, v, 307
Dáráb, Rashnawád hears from
the launderer and his wife
of the case of, v, 308
Rashnawád writes to Humái
about, v, 308
recognised by Humái as
being her son, v, 308
appears with Rashnawád
before Humái, v, 309 seq.
crowned by Humái and
accepts her excuses, v, 310
Humái proclaims the ac-
cession of, v, 311
visited by, and rewards, the
launderer and his wife,
v, 311, 312
Reign of, 158, vi, 11 seq.
Note on, vi, 11 seq.
father of Sikandar in Per-
sian legend, vi, 16
legendary father of Dárá, vi,
17
harangues the chiefs, vi, 20
ambassadors come to, vi, 21
employs Rúman artificers,
vi, 21
wars with the Arabs, vi, 21
defeats and demands tribute
from Arabs, vi, 22
wars with Rúm, vi, 22
defeats Failakús, vi, 23
grants terms of peace to
Failakús, vi. 24
marries the daughter of
Failakús, vi, 25
returns to Párs, vi, 25
becomes disaffected towards
his wife (Náhíd), vi, 25
marries again, vi, 27
Dárá is born to him, vi, 27
fails in health, vi, 27
appoints Dárá to succeed
him, vi, 27
dies, vi, 28
Dáráb, Dárábgird, city in Párs,
158, vi, 17, 198, 199;
viii, 313
Darband, town and pass be-
tween the Caucasus q.v.,
and the Caspian, ii, 336;
viii, 369 note
Darband, Pass of, described,
i, 16
fortification of, i, 16, 17
and note, vii, 213, 239
Mas'údí's accounts of,
vii, 215
Darí, vii, 430 and note
Dariel, Pass of, in the Caucasus,
vi, 79
Darius, Hystaspis, Sháh, i, 9, 65;
v, 10; viii, 187
trilingual inscription of, at
Bihistún, i, 6
Zoroastrian calendar adopt-
ed by, i, 59
reign of, and Gushtásp's
compared, v, 11
conversion of, v, 11
Darius, Codomanus (Dárá q.v.)
Sháh, i, 49; vi, 16, 17, 29
defeated at Issus, vi, 30
Alexander escapes from the
banquet of, vi, 30
defeated at Gaugamela, vi,
31
asks that his family may be
restored to him, vi, 31
writes to Porus, vi, 31
historical account of the
death of, vi, 31
daughter of, marries Alex-
ander, vi, 33
corpse of, sent to Párs, vi,
33
assassins of, punished, vi, 33
Dareja, river in Ázarbáiján, v,
14
Darkness, Land of. See Gloom.
House of, ix, 7;
Dármán, viii, 202
Darmesteter, Professor, on Fir-
dausí's geography, ii, 79,
80
on Afrásiyáb's capture by
Húm, iv, 136
Story of the Worm, vi, 203
Haftwád, vi, 206
Darún, Zoroastrian religious rite,
v, 19
Daryai Rúd, river in Ázarbáiján,
v, 14
Dastagird, city, viii, 193, 196;
ix, 7
taken by Heraclius, viii, 194
Dashma, Íránian hero, iv, 148
Dástán (Zál q.v.), i, 84, 248, 264
Dástán-i-Sám (Zál q.v.), i, 84
Dástán-i-Zand (Zál q.v.), i, 245
and note, 248
Date-palm, i, 4
taxes on, vii, 215, 225
Daughter of Kaid. See Kaid,
Four Wonders of.
Daulat Sháh, author of “Lives
of the Poets,” i, 24
Death, early, Firdausí's justifi-
cation of, ii, 119
Dead Sea, viii, 192
Deinon. See Dinon.
Deipnosophistœ, of Athenæus, ii,
10
quoted, iv, 314
Derketo, goddess, v, 292
legend of, v, 292
Destiny, Muhammadan and Zor-
oastrian conceptions of, i,
52
Déwasárm, king of Hind, vii, 381
sends the game of chess to
Núshírwán, vii, 380
Dharma, Indian god of righteous-
ness, iv, 138
follows in the form of a dog
the Pándavas in their pil-
grimage, iv, 139
Dhoulkarnain. See Zu-'l-kar-
nain.
Dhú Kár, battle of, viii, 188, ix,
4, 5, 66
historical account of, viii,
190
date of, viii, 191
Diagram to illustrate reign of
Gushtásp, v, 27
Persian Romance of Alex-
ander the Great, vi, 84
Díba-i-Khusrauí, treasure, viii,
406 and note
Dice, vii, 381
used in the game of nard,
vii, 381, 389
symbolism of, vii, 381, 382
Dihkán, Persian generic title, i,
56, 81
Faith of, vi, 95
Dijla (Arwand, Tigris q.v.), river,
i, 160
Farídún's crossing of, i, 160
Diláfrúz, Íránian hero, iv, 147
Diláfrúz, a bramble-grubber,
Bahrám Gúr and, vii, 70
seq.
Diláfrúz-i-Farrukhpái, Íránian
slave-girl, 162, vi, 3
slave to Cæsar's wife, vi,
338
pities Shápúr, vi, 339
discovers who Shápúr is, vi,
339
frees Shápúr from the ass's
skin, vi, 340
escapes with Shápúr from
Rúm, vi, 340 seq:
entertained by a gardener,
vi, 342
praised by Shápúr, vi, 346
named and honoured by
Shápúr, vi, 356
meaning of, vi, 356 note
Dílam, Dílamán, district on the
Caspian now represented
by Talish and part of
Gílán, vi, 202, 227; vii,
243, 244, 362
Dílamids (Buyids), dynasty rul-
ing in south-western Írán
in the 10th century A.D.,
i, 14, 21, 45
Dílamite, 'Alí the, friend and
helper of Firdausí, i, 35;
ix, 121
Dilánjám, Cæsar's (temp. Luh-
rásp) second daughter, iv,
333
asked in marriage by Mírín,
iv, 333
married to Mírín, iv, 341
Dilárái, wife to Dárá and mother
of Rúshanak, 158, 159, vi,
87 seq.
visited by Náhíd, vi, 89
Dimna, Kalíla and, 169. See
Fables of Bidpai.
Dína-i Maínog-i Khirad, Pahlaví
text, ii, 189
quoted, vii, 279
Dínár, gold coin, i, 81, 231, 363
and passim
Dínawarí, Arabic historian
(ninth century), vi, 16,
64, 80, 81, 256, 323; vii,
6, 156, 186, 214
Dínkard, Pahlaví text, i, 70 note,
373; ii, 26, 81; vi,
252
Diodorus, Greek historian, temp.
Julius Cæsar and Augus-
tus, v, 293
Bibliotheca of, v, 293
Diognetus, Greek writer, temp.
Alexander the Great, vi,
12
Dionysus, Greek god, vi, 71
temple of, visited by Si-
kandar, vi, 71
Diram. See Drachm.
Dirázdast (Longimanus), title,
v, 281; vi, 324 and note
Dív, dívs (Daévas), demons or
“foreign devils,” 140, 143,
150, i, 42, 82, 130, 131,
134, 148, 227, 290; ii,
27, 33, 34, 38, 41 seq., 57
seq., 68, 73, 101, 102,
144; iii, 70, 74, 200, 232,
244, 255, 257 seq., 261,
268, 273 seq., 320, 330,
iv, 86, 87, 177, 288, 296,
v, 32, 58, 66, 71, 108, 174;
201, 202, 213, 220, 230;
245; vi, 135, 146, 150,
241; vii, 115, 154, 174,
368 seq.; viii, 159, 161,
206, 209, 211, 217, 218,
290, 341, 342, 399 and
note, 418; ix, 18, 25
rebel against Tahmúras, i,
127
overthrown by Tahmúras, i,
127
teach Tahmúras the art of
writing, i, 127
build edifices for Jamshíd, i,
133
Dív, dívs, carry Jamshíd on his
throne up to the sky, i, 133
title of honour, ii, 29
song of a, ii, 31
Arjásp informed by a, of
Gushtásp's resolve not to
pay tribute, v, 36
Mazdak's five, vii, 205
Búzurjmihr's ten, vii, 368
Akwán. See Akwán.
=Ahriman, 139, i, 82, 126,
156, 195, 260; ii, 46, 324,
342, 370, 386, 400; iii,
189, 293, 333; iv, 63, 84,
201, 206, 278, 282, 286,
289 seq., 301, 322, 341;
v, 35, 81, 180, 188, 189,
194 seq., 218, 228, 242;
vi, 349; vii, 93, 107, 109,
117, 143, 154, 206, 227,
268, 289, 303, 304, 323,
332, 368 seq., 376, 390;
viii, 27, 50, 87, 123, 215,
222, 304, 341, 346, 411,
ix, 47, 102, 104
=Bahrám Chúbína, viii,
153, 219, 293, 298
—witch, viii, 161
=Zahhák, viii, 242
=Kulún, viii, 342
Binder of the=Tahmúras,
i, 42, 125, 126, 214
=Gúdarz, iv, 35
=Rustam, iii, 253, 262
Black, son of Áhriman, 139,
i, 82, 117; ii, 53; v, 199;
viii, 171
White, 143, i, 82; ii, 27, 39
seq., 43, 44, 54, 55, 58 seq.,
66, 93, 163, 373; iii, 143,
256, 314; iv, 136, 296;
v, 117, 176, 203, 207, 234
defeats Káús, ii, 40
blood of, cures blindness,
ii, 58, 62
slain by Rustam, ii, 60
Divining-cup. See Cup.
Dneiper (Borysthenes), river in
southern European Rus-
sia, flowing into the Black
Sea, iii, 191
Don (Tanais), river in southern
European Russia, flowing
into the Sea of Azov, iv,
315 note, 316
Doni, The Morall Philosophie of,
vii, 383
Drachm (diram), silver coin, i,
81
Dragon, 143, 154, 156, 160, 164,
165, i, 42, 123; vi, 132,
146
Farídún takes the form of,
i, 186
of the Kashaf, i, 235
Sám and the, i, 296 seq.,
v, 202
slain by Rustam and
Rakhsh, ii, 48 seq.
of Mount Sakíla, iv, 342 seq.
Gushtásp and, iv, 343 seq.
teeth of, produced by
Híshwí to Cæsar iv, 351
referred to, iv, 358
Sikandar's adventure with,
vi, 71, 151
slain by Bahrám Gúr, vii,
42, 123 seq.
described, i, 123, 296; iv,
345; v, 202. vi, 151;
vii, 43, 123
Dragon=Afrásiyáb, iii, 22, 46,
211, 219, 222, 248, 319,
343; iv, 270
=Ahriman, i, 195; iii, 330
=Ardawán, vi, 222
=Fúr, vi, 113
=Gív, iii, 58
=Húmán, iv, 43, 52
=Paláshán, iii, 26
=Púládwand, iii, 264
=Rakhsh's dam, i, 379
=Rakhsh, i, 380
=Rustam, iii, 222
=Zahhák, i, 155, 158, 161,
163, 168, 169, 275, 288,
292
Dragon's child=Rúdába, i, 304
Drangiana (Sístán), province in
eastern Írán, i, 4; vi, 32
Dream, dreams, veridical, i, 51
Firdausí on, vii, 281
Dream, Abúl Kásim of Gurgán's,
iii, 190
Afrásiyáb's, ii, 232 seq.
referred to, ii, 243, 297;
iv, 170, 267
Firdausí's, of Mahmúd, i, 112
Dakíkí, v, 23, 30
Gúdarz's, ii, 363, 404
Gushtásp's, v, 19
Kaid's, v, 62, 91
Katáyún's, iv, 316, 329, 330
Núshírwán's, vii, 282 seq.;
ix, 92
Odatis', iv, 315
Pápak's, vi, 200, 212
Pírán's, ii, 325
Sám's, i, 243, 244
Siyáwush's, ii, 309
Tús', iii, 149
Zariadres', iv, 315
Draupadi, joint wife of the five
Pándavas, iv, 138 and
note, 139
Drought and famine in Írán, i,
3, 5, 370, 371; ii, 363;
vii, 159, 162
Pírúz's measures to allev-
iate, vii, 159, 162
breaking up of, described,
vii, 163
Mazdak's parable concern-
ing, vii, 201
Drváspa, genius of cattle, iv, 137
Dualism, i, 5, 49, 50, 52, 56, 58
taught by Urmuzd to Zar-
duhsht, v, 16
Dughdhóvá, v, 14, 15
account of, v, 14
Dúk, plain, viii, 282, 284
mountain, viii, 289
Dukhtnúsh. See Núsha.
Dunbar. See Dambar.
Duncker, Professor, ii, 9
on date of Zandavasta, ii, 9
Dúrásróbó, a Karap q.v., v, 15
Dust, prevalence of, in Írán, i, 3
as a metaphor, i, 73 and
passim
Dynasty, dynasties, Íránian, i, 49
Pishdádian q.v.
Kaiánian q.v.
Dynasty, Ashkánian q.v.
Sásánian q.v.